Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 710 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)Bee (Ripley, OH)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Daily Newbernian (New Bern, NC)Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, MO)Lost Friends AdLoyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL)Southwestern Christian AdvocateSouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate, (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA)The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Colored American (Washington, DC)The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Freedman (Boston, MA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Georgia Baptist (Augusta, GA)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)The Nationalist (Mobile, AL)The New York World (New York, NY)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix] Item Type Ad Tags family historyAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvicteddebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionExodustersfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian Territoryinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownlynchingmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnewspaper replyniecenorthern slaveryorphan/orphanageparent(s)passingperson with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobatepropertyrailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-injuryself-purchasesibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. 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Brook searching for Henry and Sally Carey The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 1, 1880 Sarah Carter searching for her sister Lavinia Williams The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 26, 1878 Dennis Holland looking for his father Samuel Holland The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 6, 1876 Thomas H. Brown searching for his mother Amanda and brother Walter The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 19, 1877 Daniel Oakes searching for his parents Abraham and June and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 15, 1877 Margret Jones searching for her brother Bill Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 20, 1874 Rachel Narrid (formerly Rachel Janes) looking for her father Eli Janes The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 4, 1874 A. A. Hill seeking information of his siblings Andrew, Wesley, Alex, and Rosy The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 23, 1897 Melvin Bell seeking his sister Lettie Lucinda The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 18, 1897 Henry "Bud" Carroll seeking information of his mother Lizzie Carroll. The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 28, 1897 Lucy Ann Swann seeking information about her parents Lizzie and Joe Swann The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 28, 1897 Diana Johnson searching for her parents Jack and Hannah Hellard and several members of her family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 17, 1898 "Press" Low looking for their mother Mary The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 17, 1898 Betty Wrightsell searching for brothers London Walker, Alfred Abner, and sister Mary Jane Wrightsell The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 10, 1898 Elmira Beal looking for siblings Hiram, Robert, Jesse, Martha, and Emily Beal The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 10, 1898 Milla Dawsey searching for her brothers Washington, James, Joseph, Henry, and Lafayette Bond and her son John Wesley Dawsey (Dawsey placed 2 different ads in the same newspaper on the same day) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 16, 1897 James R. Stroud seeking information about one of his sisters (unclear which one) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 16, 1897 Henrietta C. Banks seeking her father's relatives The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 22, 1897 Samuel Neal seeking information about his half brother Henry Neal (formerly Henry Kirk) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 22, 1897 Mrs. Mary Heading (formerly Mary Booey) searching for her siblings Lancet and Simon Johnson and several extended family The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 9, 1874 of 29
![Henry "Bud" Carroll seeking information of his mother Lizzie Carroll.](https://informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/4f67286c7a3bf8a465f572f0859b51ff.jpg "Henry "Bud" Carroll seeking information of his mother Lizzie Carroll.")
!["Press" Low looking for their mother Mary](https://informationwanted.org/files/fullsize/82003830416c504b2d613791272d5edd.jpg ""Press" Low looking for their mother Mary")
